Chief of the Navy (Norway)

Chief of the Navy
Chief of the Navy
Sjef Sjøforsvaret
	Incumbent; Nils Andreas Stensønes; since 2017
	Royal Norwegian Navy
Reports to	Chief of Defence
Formation	1901
First holder	Christian Sparre

The Chief of the Navy (Norwegian: Sjef Sjøforsvaret) is the Commander–in–chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

The Chief of the Navy is head over the Navy, Coast Guard, and Coastal Artillery. Presiding over close to 5,000 military men during peacetime and over 6,000 in wartime, the Chief of the Navy has great responsibility to lead and defend. With the seas under his discretion, the Inspector General watches over the seas which are seven times greater in area than that of Norway's mainland.

The Chief not only commands the naval department, he also accepts new vessels into the department.

List of chiefs

Commanding Admiral

No.	Commanding Admiral	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Wandel, CarlVice admiral Christian Sparre (1859–1940)	22 December 1901	1910	8–9 years
2	Dawes, KarlRear admiral Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes (1861–1941)	1910	1919	8–9 years
3	Berglund, AlfredRear admiral Alfred Berglund (1862–1945)	1919	1930	10–11 years
4	Lippe, JakobRear admiral Jakob von der Lippe (1872–1953)	1930	August 1934	3–4 years
5	Otto, EdgarRear admiral Edgar Otto (1872–1952)	August 1934	1938	3–4 years
6	Diesen, HenryRear admiral Henry Diesen (1883–1953)	1938	August 1941	2–3 years

Chief of the Navy

No.	Chief of the Navy	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Corneliussen, EliasRear admiral Elias Corneliussen (1881–1951)	August 1941	1946	4–5 years
2	Horve, ThoreVice admiral Thore Horve (1899–1990)	1946	May 1949	2–3 years
3	Danielsen, EdvardVice admiral Edvard Christian Danielsen (1888–1964)	May 1949	1951	1–2 years
4	Storheill, SkuleVice admiral Skule Storheill (1907–1992)	1951	1954	2–3 years
5	Jacobsen, PeterVice admiral Peter J. Espeland Jacobsen	1954	1959	4–5 years
6	Hostvedt, ErlingVice admiral Erling G. Hostvedt	1959	1962	2–3 years
7	Sørenssen, AimarVice admiral Aimar Sørenssen [no] (1905–1986)	1962	1967	4–5 years
8	Braadland, MagneVice admiral Magne Braadland	1967	1970	2–3 years

General Inspector for the Navy

1970–1974: Hans Skjong
1974–1976: Oddmund Peder Åkenes [no]
1976–1980: Charles Oluf Herlofson
1980–1983: Roy Breivik
1983–1989: Bjarne Grimstvedt
1989–1992: Rolf Eilhardt Pedersen [no]
1992–1995: Kjell Amund Prytz [no]
1995–2000: Hans Kristian Svensholt
2000–2003: Kjell-Birger Olsen
2003–2008: Jan Eirik Finseth [no]
2008–2011: Haakon Bruun-Hanssen
2011–2014: Bernt Grimstvedt [no]
2014–2017: Lars Saunes [no]

Chief of the Navy

No.	Picture	Chief of the Navy	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Wandel, CarlRear admiral Lars Saunes [no] (born 1959)	1 January 2017	16 August 2017	227 days	^[1]
2		Stensønes, NilsRear admiral Nils-Andreas Stensønes (born 1964)	16 August 2017	Incumbent	6 years, 293 days	^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Kvamme, Ole Dag (21 June 2017). "Stensønes ny sjef for Sjøforsvaret". aldrimer.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 April 2019.

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[Kvamme-1] Kvamme, Ole Dag (21 June 2017). "Stensønes ny sjef for Sjøforsvaret". aldrimer.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Navy-2] In English, the Royal Norwegian Navy is the larger military branch that includes both the Coast Guard and the Navy Fleet. However, in Norwegian, the larger branch is called the Sea Defence, and the term Navy refers to the Navy Fleet.

[ELINT-3] Unarmed intelligence vessels. The Norwegian Intelligence Service is not a part of the Royal Norwegian Navy, but they both answer to the Chief of Defence.

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